The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s correspondence sparked controversy, with Republican leaders and conspiracy theorists suggesting that his emails provided evidence that SARS-CoV-2 was manufactured and leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. This theory, known as the “gain-of-function” theory, blames the U.S. scientific establishment and Fauci for creating or strengthening the virus.
Dr. Fauci and his colleagues took notice of the theory that Covid-19 may have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, but the controversial claim was dismissed by experts last year. Scientists and health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health have been lying about COVID-19 the entire time, according to experts.
Conspiration theorists, largely starting on QAnon-type message boards, spread misinformation about Fauci’s supposed role in covering up the origins of or promoting the virus. A conservative author who previously promoted the Obama birth certificate conspiracy is now publishing false claims about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s connection to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fauci’s statements and updates about mask wearing and hydroxychloroquine were among those used by conspiracy theorists during the pandemic. Experts, including Peter Daszak, head of EcoHealth Alliance, praised Fauci for seeking to debunk the lab leak theory.
Dr. Fauci denies suppressing the theory that COVID-19 originated from a lab leak. He believes there is a biological warfare center in Wuhan and that the coronavirus escaped from it. Fauci’s two-day interview revealed the intense and fractious nature of the meeting.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theorists have exploited the provisional nature of scientific consensus and the realities of how the virus originated.
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Dr. Fauci’s patience with this Rand Paul dude is incredible: that guy talking to Dr. Fauci was spouting nonsense and rephrasing it as if it was fact and a question. I would’ve snapped and just shut the dude down and move on, I have no patience for people like that, because they’re not willing to listen
I love how the people who whined throughout school “why do we need to learn this? I’m not going to be a scientist. I don’t need this math. I don’t need to learn how to write…” (blah, blah, blah) and now post memes about how school should have taught then how to do taxes and understand loans rather than math and science (which they did, if you paid attention) now think they can understand how scientific research and funding works. Some of the comments I have read are ridiculously inaccurate. But their knowledge of academia is so limited, they can’t understand how much they don’t understand, so they are loud and excessive with their opinions and everyone else are liars or brainwashed or in on the conspiracy. Then, another anti-science reader feels their opinions have been confirmed and verified, because a science-illiterate person has wrote something similar and validating, and the conspiracy grows and perpetuates. It’s depressing.
I have a problem with this theory because I remember scientists saying that global warming was causing animal migrations that were going to result in new viruses. They said this after the first sars, they said this after mers, and they’re saying it’ll continue to happen and then we need to prepare for it.
The whole time I was perusal, I thought, “This senator reminds me of another senator who tried to put down good people on court.” The senator in Iron Man 2, who turns out to be Hydra in CA:WS. They have the same manner of speaking, constantly interrupts the other party, angry and arrogant demeanor, etc.
It hurts, stupidity with willing ignorance and confidence hurts me. Highschool debates are better than this. I don’t know who this Paul is but why does he seem to be a person of power? Get him back in school, preferably not the one he was in before as they either couldn’t get through to him or was teaching some funky stuff.
Don’t get me wrong I love Now This slick editing style, get a lot of info really quick. In addition I have a lot disdain for Rand Paul’s BS usually but regardless of the agenda the inquiry may have merit and it maybe more nuanced than just a conspiracy theory. It’s a matter if the lack of restrictions which under the federal guidelines could have lead to the development of a lethal virus (or study of) by two scientific bodies. The NIH and the Wuhan Virology institute. Under the restrictions that were lifted in 2017 there’s a possibility that the research could have been classified under research just being done in the US and Fauci could be mistaken. I’m not gonna make a whole thing about it do your own research but people are quick in the comment to dismiss the notion as scientifically debunked, inaccurate, etc because of the person asking the questions (Rand Paul). But while Fauci never claimed to fund Gain-of-function research in china he’s not entirely correct about the NIH using gain of function without little to no government oversight in contrast. The restrictions were also loosen 2017 to accommodate research for H1N1. From NYT Dec. 19, 2017: “. . . ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal. Such work can now proceed, said Dr. Francis S. Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, but only if a scientific panel decides that the benefits justify the risks. . . There has been a long, fierce debate about projects — known as “gain of function” research — intended to make pathogens more deadly or more transmissible.
Gee, your headline for this article hasn’t aged too well, has it? Dr. Fauci’s testimony was one lie right after another. When someone parses words to the extent Dr. Fauci has here you know the testimony is somethong less than honest. Sen. Paul has every right to ask these question and it is Dr. Fauci’s responses that raise even more questions.
Their should be a punishment for saying proved false statements repeatedly during these hearings. They should have to provide credible evidence to back up all their statements before saying whatever they want. We trust people like these to make big decisions, and if they aren’t held to a higher standard many of those decisions will be bad ones.